Dombrowicz, Hersz

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Hersz Dombrowicz was born in Częstochowa, Poland in 1908. He recalls attending a German school; moving to Belgium with his parents in 1926; working as a painter in Jette; marriage; his daughter's birth; his parents' deportation; taking his daughter to be hidden in the countryside; denunciation by a neighbor; deportation with his wife to Malines, then Auschwitz/Birkenau; immediate separation from her (she was gassed); transfer to Jaworzno; obtaining information for the camp resistance through his privileged position; public hanging of ten men who had attempted an escape through a tunnel; liberation by Soviet troops; repatriation; reclaiming his daughter in Arlon; and marriage to a woman whose husband was killed in the camps. Mr. D. notes still having nightmares about the camps.

(Copyright : Fortunoff Video Archives for Holocaust Testimonies – Yale)

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Fiche interview

Code interview : YA/FA/084
Date interview : 18/09/1995
Lieu interview : Centre Audiovisuel de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles
Durée interview : 1h25
Langue interview : Français
Interviewers : Yannis Thanassekos et Michel Rosenfeldt
Cameraman : Laurent Frisque
Consultation : Autorisée
Indexation thématique : Oui
Séquençage interview : Oui

Mots-clés du témoignage :
Auschwitz / Birkenau | Dossin / Malines/Mechelen | Jaworzno / Auschwitz | Juif / Juive | Marche / train de la mort